Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3047, John Douglass, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Douglass, John Lydia
VP 3047
CONTENTS

No 6985 Lydia Douglass Widow of John Douglass Map
Act 4 July 1836
3047

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 4 th July, 1836, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." & Orphans
State of Massachusetts, } ss. County of Plymouth }
On this ninth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & Forty-seven. Personally appeared in Open Court, before the subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County, Joshua Douglass , a resident of Plymouth in the county of Plymouth aged fifty three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th , 1836, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; and Orphans. " That she is the son  widow of John and Lydia Douglass , late of said Town of Plymouth, both now deceased. That John Douglass aforesaid was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and performed therein several terms of Military duty for Middleborough, his native Town, at the Gurnet at Plymouth under Captain Weston, and at Roxbury near Boston -d But under what Officers he cannot name, at Rhode Island under Captain Pierce. How much other service the said John Douglass performed he cannot now remember. The said John Douglass together with his family removed from Middleborough to that part of the Town of Plymouth called Halfway Ponds fifty eight years since where he continued to reside until his death in the year 1826. That his late mother Lydia Douglass died at said Half-way Ponds on the twenty-sixth day of June 1846, at the age of eighty seven years.
She further declares that late mother she was married to the said John Douglass on the twelfth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy-Six ; that her husband, the aforesaid John Douglass died on the thirtieth day of July Eighteen hundred & twenty six that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, the the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. That his late mother, Lydia Douglass died, on the twenty-sixth day of June 1846, by which herself and the other surviving children of said deceased became entitled to the benefit of the act 4 th July 1836. Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Joshua Douglass Aaron Root att J. Probate

Plymouth Co. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Sam Hobart is Judge of Probate for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that the fore- going is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of the said Court of Probate this ninth day of August in the Year Eighteen hundred and forty seven.
Jacob H. Lord Register

I James Sproat, of Farmton, in the County of Bristol, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I am Clerk of the Court for said County of Bristol: - that among the Records in my Office is a Book purporting to be the Records of Marriages in said County, and that among said Records is a List of marriages by Aspelley Tibay Esq. a Justice of the peace in Bristol, in said County, in which is the following: "John Moulton of Middlebury, & Lydia Dullard of Farmton, were married September twelfth, Seventeen hundred and seventy six" - and I do certify that the foregoing, is a true Copy of said Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures, as follows, "Sept. 12 th 1776".
Jas. Sproat
Bristol St. March 13 th 1847. Subscribed and sworn to before me
Abner D. Just Nourse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol St.
I, James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Aspelley Tibay Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Farmton, this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Jas. Sproat

Lydia Douglass, Count Certificate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. At a Court of Probate holden at Plymouth, in & for said County on the second Monday of August in the Year Eighteen hundred and forty seven.
It is satisfactorily made to appear to the said Court that John Douglass late of Plymouth aforesaid deceased, died in said Plymouth on the thirtieth day of July in the Year Eighteen hundred & twenty six; and left a Widow whose name was Lydia Douglass; and that she the said Lydia Douglass also died on the twenty sixth day of June in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty six; and that Ephraim Douglass, John Douglass, Lucy Bates, George Douglass and Joshua Douglass & Lydia Munter are the only known surviving children of the aforesaid Lydia Douglass deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this ninth day of August in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty seven.
Jacob H. Loring Register of Probate

V No 6985
Syracuse Douglas Co
Map
St. & Reuben Baldwin
Sept 23 47
Set to stone in Howler
April 3 1850
on stone 9 th Aug 1850
Dubois Phoenix 13 Nov 1850
Ad 14 July 1856

House of Reps.
Washington April 1 st 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
In behalf of one of my constituents, I wish to obtain a copy of the Declaration in the case of Lydia Douglass Widow of John Douglass, for a pension under the Act of July 1838 - If you will have the goodness to cause it to be furnished at an early day, you will much oblige yours -
Yours & Orin Fowler

Lydia Douglass, widow of John Douglass.
Mass.
(ms - 1836)

Washington, June 13 th 1850.
Sir:
At the request of M c ial Pease, Esq. of Lenox, Mass. I respectfully ask that the papers in the case of Lydia Douglass, widow of John Douglass, and claiming pension under the Act of 1836 may be examined, and that you will advise me of the result.
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. F. Coombs
P. S. This case was originally filed by Nuelen Baldwin Esq. whose business has passed into the hands of Mr. Pease.
J. F. C.
Hon J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions
I authorize Mr. Coombs to attend to the above case, which was put into my hands by Mr. Baldwin's widow
M c ial Pease

Boston, Mass ts . September 2 nd 1847.
Sir.
I transmit herewith the papers & documents in support of the claim to a Pension, under the act 4 th July 1836, by Mrs Lydia Douglass, widow of John Douglass, both now deceased.
The above mentioned case has long time been delayed, in consequence of the extreme deafness and superannuated state of the said Lydia Douglass - That nothing could be done during her lifetime; which will account for the lapse of time since the issue of the is certificates, but quate.
I would further remark that there is no evidence of the service of the said John Douglass in Col Angels Regiment R. S. line, and the children of John Douglass or the majority of them, discredit such an assertion.
Very Respectfully Sir I am your Obedient servant,
Reuben Baldwin.
James L. Edwards Esq r . Commissioner of Pensions. Washington.

REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF July 4. 1836. —
Lydia Douglass widow of John. (Map.)
Suspended Claim. —
~~~~~ POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIM. ~~~~~
C. C. Tucker CHARLES C. TUCKER, Attorney, Present.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents: That I Joshua Douglass of Plymouth, son of John Douglass (his widow) Revolutionary Soldier, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of John and Lydia Douglass for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of 7th June 1832 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this fifteenth day of January 185 4 .
In presence of
George Douglass ss Joshua Douglass Salmon Chase
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY of Plymouth ss
On this fifteenth day of January 185 4 , before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Joshua Douglass and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
Samuel Stetson Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Massachusetts } ss. Plymouth COUNTY. }
On this fifteenth day of January 185 4 , before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joshua Douglass a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical Joshua Douglass who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Joshua Douglass
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Samuel Stetson Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts COUNTY OF Plymouth ss
I Wm. H. Whitman Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court hereby certify that Samuel Stetson Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 14th day of January 185 4 .
Wm H Whitman Clerk

Lydia Douglass Widow of John Douglass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov. 20. 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that, the name of John Douglas jun r , is borne upon a Muster roll of Capt. Abiel Pierce's company, that marched from Middleborough to Marshfield, on an alarm, April, 19. 1775. as a private - 2 days. - upon a Muster roll of Capt. William Weston's company, raised to serve on the Gurnet, for the defence of the harbor of Plymouth, as a private from July 13. to November 19. 1776. inclusive, 4 months & 6 days. - Upon another of Capt. Job Pierce's company, in Col. Groot's regt, that marched from Middleboro' to Tiverton R.I., on an alarm, December 9. 1776. as a private 4 days - Upon another of Capt. Jesse Hurlbut's company in Col. Titcomb's regt, that marched to R. Island, in April 1777, as a private, 2 months & 5 days - said roll is dated "Halifax, September 24. 1777." - upon each of the three last mentioned rolls, the name of said Douglas is borne without the "jun r " - No rolls of Col. Angel. - The above
1775-0. 2 1776-4. 6 1776-0. 4 1779-2. 5   6 17

is all the evidence of service, which can be identified, with the individual described in the annexed application.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peasey;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

is all the evidence of service, which can be identified, with the individual described in the annexed application.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW SON OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Town of Plymouth
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband's father's service in the war of the Revolution. viz; John Douglass
He enlisted from the town of Freeport in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the year 17 as a in the Company commanded by Captain
Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:— as I
believe, both in the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Troops — one of which was in Col. Angels Regiment, in the Rhode Island Line, and several tours in the Mass- achusetts troops — and one of which, I have understood was under Capt. Abiel Pierce
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the soldier, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

1516
I am now fifty four years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this Second day of August A. D. 184 6 . George Douglass
Signed by said George Douglass in my presence, Gustavus Gilbert JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 2 d 1847.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Calvin W. Sturges was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Hanstown Bristol County Massachusetts.
Septem er 1 st 1827.
I Mercy Pillsbury of Hanstown in the county of Bristol & State of Massachusetts Aged. Eighty five years Being sworn do on oath testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with John Douglass Sen r and with his family, amongst whom were his sons. Ephraim & John Douglass, jun r . The said John Douglass, Sen r and his family were inhabitants of the adjoining Town of Middleborough in Plymouth County He was an own Cousin  brother of mine. I distinctly remember that in the fore part of the Revolutionary War that Ephraim Douglass above named was called into the Service of his country and marched away with the Troops to Roxbury near Boston and that during his Service at that post he was taken Sick by the Dysentary and that on Learning this fact his Father Repaired to Roxbury taking with him his son John Douglass, jun r whom he left at Roxbury to serve in the room of his brother Ephraim who returned home with his father aforesaid the said Ephraim got well  but and his father John Douglass Sen r caught the Disorder and died soon thereafter.
The said John Douglass, jun r married a young Woman of my acquaintance by the name of Lydia Southard of Hanstown I cannot now state the year it was in the fore part of the Revolutionary War, and during said War the said John Douglass performed several terms of Militia Duty Some one or more was under Captain Pierce of Middleborough Militia, How much the Service the said John Douglass jun r performed I cannot now remember but according to the best of my Remembrance it was some four or five times.

The said John Douglass together with his family Removed from Middleborough to Plymouth upwards of fifty years since when in process of time he died Leaving said Lydia Douglass a widow and several Children the said Lydia Douglass I understand has since recently
Mary his X Pitsley Mark.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County. } S.S.
Freetown September 1 st 1827.
Then personally appeared the above named Mary Pitsley who is well known to me as a Respectable Inhabitant of Freetown and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed before me C. H. Gurney justice of peace

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3147.
REJECTED
P. O. _____
Sydia Houghass
Service: wid. of John
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .